It is understood that the 52-year-old Newcastle United manager's job is safe, despite calls for his head following the ugly incident at the KC Stadium on Saturday, which the League Managers Association chief executive, Richard Bevan, branded "unacceptable and inappropriate".

The Newcastle owner, Mike Ashley, is understood to be furious with Pardew's conduct on the touchline and the club announced late on Saturday night that he had been fined £100,000 and severely reprimanded. However, while the former Reading, West Ham, Charlton and Southampton manager is likely to face further action from the Football Association, the Magpies will not impose further punishment.

Meyler brushed past him inside his technical area when chasing the ball as it ran out of play and Pardew reacted angrily, confronting the player before moving his head towards him. After the ensuing mêlée had abated the referee, Kevin Friend, cautioned Meyler and then sent Pardew to the stands, from where he watched the remainder of the game.

He made a swift apology in his post-match interviews, one that was accepted by his opposite number, Steve Bruce, but that did not prevent his club from taking a dim view of his behaviour.

Bevan was equally unimpressed and told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme: "The buck stops with Alan. It's unacceptable, it's inappropriate and it's insupportable from every perspective and Alan knows that. He immediately realised the serious error, [made] sincere apologies to all parties and obviously [has] deep regret. It was good to see Steve Bruce's reaction and Hull accepting [Pardew's apology] but Alan does need to think hard about how not to put himself in that position again."

Pardew said after the match he would have to "to sit down and stay out of the way" in future rather than roam his technical area to avoid becoming embroiled in similar incidents.

Bevan added: "I was pleased to see Newcastle in a very short period of time making a very swift, professional response that provided Alan with a very heavy fine and a formal warning."

Bevan also said the LMA was reviewing the technical area, with a view to moving managers further away from the action.

He revealed: "We did a technical report six or seven months ago, interviewing 40 referees and 40 managers, and we're looking at the moment how the technical area works in America, for example, in other sports and seeing how we can look to improve several problems that occur because of the positioning."

Bevan admitted the tight confines of some of the old grounds would pose a problem, with the manager also needing to be kept away from the fans and added: "But what we can do is make a serious effort to look at how the technical area should be placed."

The former FA executive director, David Davies, said a suspension for the remainder of the season was "conceivable" and described it as "a very serious matter, which I suspect will be dealt with very severely".